Middle East

Following the mosque attack, President Abdel Fattah el- Sisi had chaired an emergency meeting with officials to review security situation. The Egyptian air force on Saturday gunned down several militants and destroyed their vehicles, […]

The Indian Ministry of Defense has reportedly moved to cancel a missile deal with Israel worth half a billion dollars, in what could be a major blow to otherwise flourishing Israeli-Indian ties. The contract […]

The first hint that something was amiss came in a letter. On Saturday, Nov. 4, guests at Riyadh’s Ritz Carlton were notified by the opulent hotel that: “Due to unforeseen booking by local authorities, […]

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Iran’s supply of rockets to militias in Yemen is an act of “direct military aggression” that could be an act of war, state media reported on Tuesday (07/11). Prince […]

A car bomb exploded Monday in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 28 others. The blast happened in the mainly Shi’ite Sadr City section of the Iraqi capital. Members of Iraq’s security […]

Iraqi forces have retaken almost all of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. After just eight days of fighting, all 29 neighborhoods in Tal Afar […]

The battle for Mosul is all but over after nine months of devastating urban warfare between government forces and Islamic State militants, but Iraqi civilians are suffering in a humanitarian crisis of monumental scale. […]

Egypt has scrapped visa free travel for Qatari nationals amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Qatar and four Arab nations. Turkey has meanwhile pledged to ramp up deployment of its troops in Qatar despite the quartet’s calls for them to be expelled. […]